A Cleveland Heights bankruptcy attorney will not be able to practice
law for six months after a unanimous disciplinary ruling today by the
Ohio Supreme Court.

The per curiam opinion agreed with findings of the Board of
Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline that [the attorney] violated several sections of attorney professional conduct rules.

That conduct included failing to comply with bankruptcy court
disgorgement orders, establishing a business arrangement with an
attorney with no bankruptcy experience, using that attorney’s
electronic-filing privileges and electronic signature without
authorization, permitting her non-lawyer staff to complete documents
and forms and file them without any attorney supervision, and failing
to pay daily sanctions after being found in contempt.

The Supreme Court imposed a one-year suspension but stayed six
months of it “on the conditions that she (1) commit no further
misconduct, (2) complete six hours of CLE in law-office management
within 90 days of the date of this order that shall not apply to the
general CLE requirements of Gov.Bar R. X, and (3) remit or resolve all
fines and costs assessed by the bankruptcy court within 90 days of the
date of this order.”

Before seeking reinstatement to the practice of law, the Supreme
Court also required [the attorney] to submit evidence that she has
complied with CLE requirements imposed by a 2007 order of the bankruptcy
court.